Amazing collection of folly buildings in Cobham, Surrey.

A rare example of a building constructed specifically for catching eels.

This place is the subject of local legends about a good witch and a Celtic God.

This public bathroom is guarded by a flyswatter-wielding army major.

Lurking among the classical architecture, rose gardens, and art of this historic country house—a crocodile in a bathtub.

This statue commemorates one of medieval England’s most courageous heroes.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

An obscure walkway dedicated to a scientist who helped pave the way for the world to sit up and take notice of Manchester.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

This melancholy headstone is the only remaining evidence of a medieval church lost to the sea.

One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

Many of the cottages and houses of this tiny village are adorned with a local lord's collection of saintly statues.

This cauldron was said to be hidden inside a church after it was borrowed from a local witch.

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

The eccentricities of a former lord include painted pigeons of his manor house, a series of pointless plaques, and a folly built simply to peeve the public.

A totem pole of heads to represent the different stages of life.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

A recreation of a sign that Charles Dickens used to see on his walk home.

This Great Dunmow pond was a breeding ground for medical leeches, as well as the testing ground for the world's first lifeboat.